UNIT
OBJECTIVES
¨ DEFINE CORE TERMINOLOGY.
¨ IDENTIFY THE GOAL(S) OF SCIENCE.
¨ IDENTIFY THE STEPS TO THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD
WITHIN A RESEARCH ARTICLE.
¨ EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE OF THE SCIENTIFIC
METHOD.
¨ COLLECT AND ANALYZE DATA QUNATITATIVELY AND
QUALITATIVELY.
¨ REPRESENT DATA GRAPHICALLY.
¨ MATHEMATICALLY CONVERT DATA USING THE
FACTOR LABEL METHOD.
¨ WRITE A FORMAL LABORAOTRY REPORT.
¨ DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN TRUE OR REAL SCIENCE
AND PSEUDOSCIENCE IN THE MEDIA.
¨ DISCUSS THE MORAL AND ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS
RELATING
TO SCIENCE AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.
¨ EXPLAIN THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFE.
¨ GIVEN A SCENARIO IDENITFY AND EXPLAIN THE
CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFE DEMONSTRATED BY THE SPECIFIC ORGANISM.
¨ DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN UNICELLULAR AND
MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS.
¨ DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN ANABOLISM AND
CATABOLISM.
¨ DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN SEXUAL AND ASEXUAL
REPRODUCTION.
¨ PROVIDE EXAMPLES OF ORGANISMS THAT SEXUALLY
REPRODUCE.
¨ PROVIDE EXAMPLE OF ORGANISMS THAT ASEXULLY
REPRODUCE.
¨ UNDERSTAND AND INDENTIFY POLICIES AND
PROCEDURES IN FOR SAFETY IN THE LABORATORY.
¨ IDENTIFY BASIC LABORAOTRY EQUIPMENT.
¨ IDENTIFY AND EXPLAIN THE VARIOUS BRANCHES
OF BIOLOGY GIVEN A SCENARIO.
¨ IDENTIFY THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF EACH
COMPONENT OF A COMPOUND LIGHT MICROSCOPE.
¨ EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LIGHT AND
ELECTRON MICROSCOPE.
¨ CONDUCT A LABORAOTRY EXPERIMENT USING
MICROSCOPY.
¨ APPLY WORD TECHNIQUES, ASSOCIATIVE
TECHNIQUES AND THE LINK METHOD AS MEMORIZATION STRATEGIES.
TEXT RESOURCES: CHAPTER ONE